Flow cells as quasi-ideal systems for biofouling simulation of industrial piping systems

Biofouling

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 953-966

  Teodósio, Joana S ^a   Silva, Filipe C ^a   Moreira, Joana M R ^a   Simões, Manuel ^a   Melo, Luís F ^a   Alves, Manuel A ^a   Mergulhão, Filipe J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

biofilm; computational fluid dynamics; Escherichia coli; flow cell; shear stress

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; PIPE; PIPING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION STUDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANKTON; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84883653767     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2013.821467     Document Type: Article

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